The Negro “revolution” is controlled by these foxy white liberals, by the government itself. But the Black revolution is controlled only by God.

In this remark Malcolm X draws a sharp distinction between what he saw as a managed, symbolic “Negro revolution” and an authentic Black revolution. The former, in his view, is steered by white liberals and state institutions—suggesting co-optation, surveillance, and reform that preserves existing power. By contrast, saying the Black revolution is “controlled only by God” frames it as morally sovereign and beyond governmental manipulation, invoking religious authority to legitimate radical self-determination. The line reflects Malcolm X’s recurring critique of liberal paternalism and his insistence that Black political struggle must be independent of white gatekeepers and state-defined limits.